Thus Spoke Zarathustra - A Reader's Guide
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Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
20 - On War And Warrior Peoples
20 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - Nietzsche discusses the attitude of hardness, courage, and bravery we need to have towards our lives and t...
19 - On the Preachers of Death
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - In this episode, Zarathustra describes another type of human who can't harness the power of the "wild dogs...
18 - On the Tree on the Mountainside
18 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - Zarathustra comes across a youth who is beginning the process of self-development, and deals with some of ...
17 - On Reading and Writing
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - Nietzsche takes a brief pause from demolishing old idols to give us some insight on how he writes, and how...
16 - On the Pale Criminal
28 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - Nietzsche discusses what happens when a person has passions that they are unable to control and develop wi...
15 - On Enjoying and Suffering the Passions
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - Where do we find value in our lives? Nietzsche denies that we can legitimately get value - the things in o...
14 - On Despisers of the Body, Part 2
17 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - Part 2 of "On Despisers of the Body" goes into more depth around how the Platonic/Christian focus on reaso...
13 - On Despisers of the Body, Part 1
06 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - Alex discusses the Nietzschean view of language and reason, and how when humans believe too much in langua...
12 - On Believers In A World Behind
16 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - To understand Nietzsche, one must understand Plato and Christianity. To bring you up to speed on this, Ale...
11 - On The Professorial Chairs Of Virtue
23 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. In this episode, Alex discusses the attitude of passionate engagement towards the things in our lives tha...
10 - On The Three Transformations
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. In the first chapter of the actual book, Zarathustra describes the transformations that our minds will go...
9 - Zarathustra's Prologue, Parts 8 9 & 10
10 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. Alex closes out the prologue with a discussion of who Nietzsche is attacking when he talks about the "Goo...
8 - Zarathustra's Prologue, Parts 6 & 7
24 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. Reclaiming Nietzsche from the Nazis - while often cited as the philosophical justification of Nazi ideolo...
7 - Zarathustra's Prologue, Part 5
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. Here we meet the Last Human - what will happen to humanity if we take it too easy, relax too much, and do...
6 - Zarathustra's Prologue, Part 4
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. Zarathustra provides some of the personality and dispositional characteristics of the types of humans he ...
5 - Zarathustra's Prologue, Part 3
10 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. Meet the Übermensch. Nietzsche's first description of how the Overhuman is the meaning of the Earth, and...
4 - Zarathustra's Prologue, Part 2
01 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. Zarathustra meets his foil - how following Western/Christian thinking through to its end leads to the old...
1 - Introduction
05 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. An overview of the purpose of the podcast, a brief history of Nietzsche and Thus Spoke Zarathustra, some ...
2 - History And Key Concepts
05 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. Alex discusses some of the key historical, religious, and philosophical ideas that Nietzsche is dealing w...
3 - Zarathustra's Prologue, Part 1
05 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the translation by Graham Parkes. First part of the actual book! Alex reads and reviews TSZ Prologue section 1 - our introduction to Zarath...